TRAINING MANUAL

RESEARCH AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION

Abstracts from some research conducted at HURISA (ISPV).

Women’s Rights Training Manual: A facilitator’s guide (2001)

by Farida Dollie, Researcher, (2001); Updated 2002

Abstract:

This Manual is a step-by-step guide for facilitators/trainers working with women’s rights and or human rights in South Africa. The goal is to support training activities by providing tested approaches, activities and information on gender and women’s rights.
It gives information on the international, regional, conventions and declarations guaranteeing human rights to all irrespective of sex or gender i.e. guarantee that women and men have equal rights, and that women’s rights are human rights.
It also gives information on the South African constitution, the Bill of Rights and specific legislation designed to advance the rights of women and prohibit unfair discrimination.

Constitution of South Africa

Amid a recent uptick in violence in the Central African Republic (CAR), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday said he stood in solidarity with the crisis torn country and warned that attacks against defenseless civilians and UN ‘blue helmets’ may amount to war crimes.

United Nations Secretary-General António Gutteres condemned the killing of seven peacekeepers on Wednesday serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which is also confronting a lethal Ebola outbreak.

Africa’s crisis-torn Sahel region needs support from the international community “now more than ever,” the head of United Nations peacekeeping operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, told the Security Council on Thursday.

A range of international sanctions imposed against Eritrea nearly a decade ago, were unanimously lifted by the Security Council on Wednesday, four months after the signing of an historic peace agreement with Ethiopia in July.

Families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are being supported by their government and the United Nations to protect the environment and build what the UN Development Programme calls “climate-resilient lives.”

With key national elections due next month in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), armed groups in the east of the country still threaten to derail the vote, the top United Nations official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.

To build a sustainable peace in Africa’s Sahel region, “urgent attention” is needed to mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure that communities have access to sufficient opportunities, a joint meeting between the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the UN Peacebuilding Commission highlighted on Tuesday.

Outer space and disaster response experts, on Monday, gathered at a United Nations forum in Bonn, Germany, to discuss how “big data” including social media, crowdsourcing and satellite imaging, can reduce the risk of natural disasters in Africa and support response efforts when they strike.